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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

The EU finally used an economic threat against Trump. But the markets forced his climbdown | Rosa Balfour

On Wednesday, after a meeting with Nato's secretary general, Mark Rutte, the US president, Donald Trump, backtracked on his threats to slap tariffs on countries that got in the way of his annexation project. As European leaders huddled together over dinner for a post-crisis debrief in Brussels on 22 January, they congratulated themselves on their unity and appreciated the intervention of Rutte, or Daddy diplomacy.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 months ago

Mukunda: CEOs staying silent is no longer an option

The Trump administration threatened NATO and central bank independence, risking severe economic retaliation and inflationary damage while corporate America remained largely silent.
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